Dick Katz (Jazz Pianist, 1916)

Richard "Dick" Katz (born July 19, 1916 in Hanover, died March 30, 1981 in London) was a British jazz musician (piano).

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Katz, who was given classical piano lessons from the age of five, left Germany with his family in 1933 to escape racial incidents after the National Socialist's "machination". In the Netherlands he worked as a technician at a record company, but soon also played as a pianist with the Moochers and with Willie Lewis. After the occupation of the Netherlands by Germany he migrated to England, where he worked in the band of Carlo Krahmer and in early 1942 with Cyril Blake. With the Sextet of Harry Parry he worked for the BBC. Before joining the Luftwaffe, he joined Cab Kaye in 1944. After joining the jazzmen of Vic Lewis and Jack Parnell, he worked at the Carribean Club both in the trio of Lauderic Caton and in his own trio. After a short time at Buddy Featherstonhaugh he played again in Catons Carribean Trio, from which the Ray Ellington Quartet was formed at the end of 1947 (in his band he stayed until 1959 and was involved in numerous recordings). Afterwards he worked in a theater agency and as a manager for various artists, but he still appeared occasionally. So in November 1966 also recordings with Bud Freeman.

Katz was married to the singer Valerie Masters, with whom he also performed. Discographical informationChoose source text Lexical Entries Edit the source text Weblinks Edit sourcetext

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